Indian Species q/" Jiincus and Luzula. 319 



dilatata: antherce filamentis dupl6 longiores, lineares, acutiusculse, basi 

 obtusse, biloculares : loculis parallelis, omnin^ connatis. Pistillum sta- 

 mina vix superans : ovarium subrotundo-ovatum, 3-gonum, 3-loculare, 

 multi-ovulatum, perianthio dupl6 brevius : stylus tenuis, ovario longior : 

 stigmata 3, obtusa, recurvata, stylo ter breviora, longitudinalit^r papil- 

 losa. 



This forms a highly interesting addition to the genus, being nearly related to 

 J. triglumis, from which, however, it differs in several important particulars. 

 The leaves are recurved, and nearly as long as the stems ; the bractes forming 

 the involucrum are five in number, longer than the flowers, and pointed. The 

 capitula have from six to ten flowers, and the sepals are narrower and some- 

 what acute ; the anthers are also acute, and they are double the length of the 

 dilated filaments. The stigmata are thrice shorter than the style, and the 

 ovarium is rounded-ovate, and it may be supposed that the mature fruit will 

 prove to be considerably shorter than the sepals. Moreover the rhizoma is 

 creeping, and the sheaths at the base of the stems are much longer, dark 

 brown and shining. These characters sufficiently distinguish it from triglu- 

 mis, in which the capitula are mostly 3-fiowered, more rarely 2- or 4-flowered, 

 the sepals and bractes obtuse, and the flowers longer than these last. The 

 anthers are obtuse, and four times shorter than the narrow simple filaments ; 

 stigmata as long as the style ; ovarium longer than the sepals ; and lastly, the 

 leaves are only half as long as the stems, with the cauline ones extremely 

 short. The root is besides not creeping. 



This new species was discovered by Dr. Royle on Shalma, a mountain of 

 the Himalaya range, having an elevation of 10,000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. 



2. t/. leucomelas, culmo enodi filiformi aphyllo, foliis subulatis canaliculatis, 

 capitulo terminali 3 — 5'floro involucro 3-phyllo acuto breviore, sepalis 

 obtusis, antheris filamentorum fer^ longitudine, capsula acuminata peri- 

 anthio longiore. 

 Juncus leucomelas. Royle MSS. 



Habitat in Kunawur ad Soongnum. Royle. "U . (v. s. sp. in Herb. Royle.) 



Species elegantissima ! Perennis, csespitosus. Rhizoma subbulbosum, fibris 

 VOL. xviii. 2 u 



